Inventor · Gerlingen, DE

Werner Herden

85Patents
15h-index
99Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 13, 1979 → Mar 23, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6167755A Device for determining load in an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 198 Expired
US7077100B2 Combined fuel injection valve-ignition plug Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 65 Expired
US5861745A Measuring device for contactless determination of relative angular position with an improved linear range Physics 47 Expired
US6925983B2 Fuel injection valve spark plug combination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US5600074A Silicon chip for use in a force-detection sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US6871630B2 Combined fuel injection valve/ignition plug Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 45 Expired
US6832588B2 Fuel injector-spark plug combination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6232771A Device for contactless measurement of angle of rotation of linear motion between rotor and stator composed of a plurality of parts Physics 22 Expired
US5731654A Spark plug having a creepage spark gap Electricity 22 Expired
US6130535A Measuring device for determination of rotary angle between stator and rotor Physics 21 Expired
US4963112A Method of production of a spark plug for internal combustion engines Electricity 21 Expired
US4549114A Spark plug for externally ignited internal combustion engine Electricity 21 Expired
US5199303A Pressure sensor for determination of pressure in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine Physics 17 Expired
US6622693B2 Fuel injection system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5249468A Pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the combustion chamber of internal combustion engines Physics 16 Expired
US5952770A Spark plug for internal combustion engine Electricity 15 Expired
US5315875A Pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the combustion chamber of internal-combustion engines Physics 15 Expired
US4613789A Spark plug with capacitor spark discharge Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US4746834A Ignition plug for internal combustion engines Electricity 14 Expired
US5503023A Pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the combustion chamber of internal-combustion engines Physics 13 Expired
US4798991A Surface-gap spark plug for internal combustion engines Electricity 13 Expired
US4870319A Spark plug with creepage spark gap Electricity 13 Expired
US4487074A Pressure sensor with a hall element circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6531809B1 Spark plug having ground electrode and intermediate electrode separated by insulating body Electricity 11 Expired
US4340877A Hall generator pressure transducer Physics 11 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.